CFAC Voucher Program Applications DUE
2024-09-23 23:00 (America/New_York)
ORT and CFAC are excited to announce that we will once again hold a SOM Core Facility Voucher Program and ask that you forward this information to your customer e-mail lists and send to your department for distribution on departmental list servs.

The voucher program is intended for UNC researchers (from any school) to apply for up to $10,000 in funding to be spent at one or more SOM core facilities which invoice for services. This is specifically intended for NEW method development or PILOT DATA for currently unfunded projects that ALSO meets one of the following criteria:

Establishes the applicant as a new customer of at least one core facility
Creates a multi-core pipeline
Allows a customer of a core facility to use a new technique or methodology within a core they have previously used in other capacities (this is at the discretion of the core director)

Applicants (who may be PIs or trainees) will be required to meet with and have the written approval of the core directors for core facilities they intend to use at the time of submission and must plan to fully spend out their funds by June 30, 2025. Carry-over of funds is not guaranteed, and applicants should be aware that the technical feasibility to complete the study within the proposed timeframe will be an important factor in award decisions.

Cores which can be used are limited to those administered by the School of Medicine or who serve a majority-SOM customer base. To request an eligibility review of a non-SOM core, please e-mail kara_clissold@med.unc.edu.

Please find the RFA and list of eligible cores attached and all information, including necessary documentation, a submission form template to aid in organizing the application, core director/applicant signature forms, and submission instructions, can be found on the ORT/CFAC Voucher Program’s Website: https://www.med.unc.edu/corefacilities/core-voucher-program/

Applications for the Voucher Program are now open for submission and will be due September 23, 2024 at 11:59 pm

Please direct any questions about this program to Kara Clissold in the SOM Office of Research Technologies at kara_clissold@med.unc.edu

BRIC Small Animal Imaging Facility Imaging Seminar: TriTom – a multimodal platform for in vivo 3D imaging of small animals
2024-09-26 13:00 - 14:00
Date & Time: Thursday, September 26th, 1:00 -2:00 PM, followed by online demo and Q&A 2:00-3:00 PM
Location: Marsico Hall, Room 2004
Title: TriTom – a multimodal platform for in vivo 3D imaging of small animals
Speaker: Dr. Sergey Ermilov, PhotoSound, Inc.

Abstract:
The TriTom platform is designed for in vivo molecular, physiological, and anatomical imaging of preclinical murine models. It employs co-registered photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging channels enabling high-fidelity visualization of regions that either absorb light or fluoresce at imaging depths up to 20-40 mm. A typical 36-sec long TriTom 3D scan interrogates a large volume of tissue (> 25 cm3) producing molecular maps accurately registered to 3D anatomy (high-resolution blood circulatory system, internal organs, and skin). TriTom visualizes oxyhemoglobin, deoxyhemoglobin, and melanin without a need to use contrast agents, enabling spatially-resolved longitudinal assessment of vascular morphology and density, blood oxygenation, ischemia, tumor growth and metastasis. TriTom also provides quantitative in vivo imaging for a wide range of nanoparticles and molecular probes that absorb light in 460 nm – 1320 nm spectral range, and for fluorescent molecular probes with excitation between 460 nm and 800 nm, enabling applications in toxicology and targeted molecular imaging. With powerful and unique in vivo imaging capabilities, TriTom presents new ways to study live small animal models in a number of preclinical applications including cancer, toxicology, tissue engineering and regeneration, developmental biology, neuroscience, as well as in the development of drugs, therapies, optical and fluorescent molecular probes.

More information: https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/small-animal-imaging/small-animal-imaging-seminar/

You are welcome to forward the email to anyone who might be interested.
(Coffee and snacks will be served)
